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medium 4.9

CVE-2008-0598 json

Unspecified vulnerability in the 32-bit and 64-bit emulation in the Linux kernel 2.6.9, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows local us…

published 2008-06-30 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0608

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the 32-bit and 64-bit emulation in the Linux kernel 2.6.9, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows local users to read uninitialized memory via unknown vectors involving a crafted binary.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 3 2.4.21-58.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 3 2.4.21-58.EL
  • kernel-BOOT RHEL 3 2.4.21-58.EL
  • kernel-source RHEL 3 2.4.21-58.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 3 2.4.21-58.EL
  • kernel-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-58.EL
  • kernel-smp-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-58.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-58.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0973RHSA-2008:0519RHSA-2008:0508RHSA-2009:0009

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-0598 updated

kernel: linux x86_64 ia32 emulation leaks uninitialized data

  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server kernel-rt 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0009
  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 kernel 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-58.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0973
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0519
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 kernel 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-58.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0973
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0508
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0519
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0508
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 kernel 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-58.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0973
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0508
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 kernel 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-58.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-58.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0973
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.20.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0508

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Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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References

Sources

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